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Battle of the Nile, on the ensuing morning

Description: Image of a starboard view of a British ship under sail at center, the stern of French ship Le Serieuse just visible as she goes down by the bow at left in the aftermath of the Battle of the Nile in 1798 between the British Royal Navy and the French fleet; another French vessel on fire at right.
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Date: 1799 February
Call number: priTEC 0080
Creator: Congdon, Theodore G(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 2006.; Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 2008.
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Associated people: Congdon, Theodore G., (1820-1895.); Congdon, Eleanor S., (1720-1804.); Alder, Frederick T. (1823-1892.); Ballou, Maturin M. (1853-1933.); Bolles, Charles E. (1817-1894.); Boydell, John, (1782-1849.); Bradford, William, (1853-1894.); Bunnell, Charles Beecher. (1797-1845.); Burns, Milton J., (1748-1815.); Burton, James. (1804-1882.); Buttersworth, James Edward, (active 1855.); Couché, François-Louis, (1758-1835.); Cross, Roy. (1783-1857.); Davidson, Julian Oliver, (1855-1919.); Day, William, (1881-1959.); Dodd, Robert, (1818-1910.); Duncan, Edward, (1806-1885.); Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, (1793-1878.); Fittler, James, (1781-1845.); Foster, Wm. (active 1825-1857.); Garneray, Louis, (active 1717-1740.); Gaul, Gilbert William, (active 1850-1885.); Gilbert, Pierre-Julien. (1804-1865.); Gleason, J. Duncan (1818-1866.); Haden, Francis Seymour, (1745-1785.); Haghe, Louis, (1831-1898.); Hathaway, William, (1775-1848.); Havell, Robert, (1717-1791.); Hinton, A. (1855-1951.); Huggins, William John, (1740?-1821.); Hughes, J. (1755-1838.); Hunt, Charles, (1884-1968.); Jackson, Willard B. (1913-2002.); Laan, Adolf van der, (1804-1885.); Lai, Sung, (1761-1817.); Lane, Fitz Henry, (1778-1874.); LeBreton, Louis, (1759-1825.); Lerpinière, Daniel, (1858-1943.); Loeffler, A. (1847-1922.); Margary, Harry. (1929-); Martens, Frederic. (approximately 1785-approximately 1825.); Mayer, A. (1809-); McFarlane, D. (active 1844-1852.); Mecray, John. (1819-1900.); Meulen, Sieuwert van der.; Nerney, Dan.; Newell, John Perry,; Orme, Edward,; Paterson, Robert F.; Paton, Richard,; Peabody, Henry G.; Pocock, Nicholas,; Pollard, Robert,; Rawle, S.; Rease, W. H.; Rosenfeld, Morris,; Rosenfeld, Stanley,; Russell, Benjamin,; Savage, Edward,; Schetky, John Christian,; Serres, John Thomas,; Short, Robert; Silva, Joseph de; Snell, George S.; Snell, Henry B.; Stebbins, N. L.; Stobart, John,; Sutherland, Thomas,; Taylor, Josiah; Taylor, Josiah; Toulza, J. Etne.; Traviès, Édouard,; Vernon, H. John.; Wade, William,; Wagner, F. H.; Wales, George Canning.; Wellstood, William,; Wilcox, L. A.
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